(Photo by Collin Markle Photography)
Inside Line Promotions – ELMA, Wash. (Aug. 2, 2015) – Trey Starks added another runner-up result to his statistics on Saturday at Grays Harbor Raceway.
“Another second,” he said. “It seems like that’s 20 seconds this year. I hate finishing second. It’s my least favorite position because you’re so close to winning. This race in particular I’ve never felt so close to winning than I did this one and we didn’t actually win. That’s just how it goes. I guess it’s better than third. We’re just really itching for some more wins.”
Starks registered his fourth second-place result in his last six races on Saturday at the 3/8-mile oval, where he has earned a podium finish during all five events this season.
The night began with Starks qualifying third quickest despite being the last car out for qualifying. He then advanced from fourth to second place during a heat race.
“In the heat we ran pretty good,” he said. “The track was one lane around the bottom. Everybody was the same speed. Toward the end I did a little searching on the track because I was trying to figure out what groove would work in the main event. You knew the top would come in at some point in the night.”
The feature inversion then placed Starks on the outside of the front row for the 25-lap main event.
“There was an initial start and we got the jump,” he said. “We led the first lap, but there was a caution so it got called back. On the second one we started pretty even (with polesitter Henry Van Dam). He just slid in front of me going into one. We got a little crossed up. A couple of laps later I tried a big slider going into turn one. I pulled just even with him off turn two, but he had a little more momentum.”
Starks stayed within striking distance throughout the main event, but he was unable to make a bid for the lead.
“Cautions hurt us all night and we were terrible on restarts,” he said. “We had a little bit of a stumble in the engine and he’d get out on us. It’d take us a few laps to reel him back in. We had a restart with two laps to go and I knew that we might not have a shot at him again.”
Starks finished second, which marked his 18th top five of the season.
He is scheduled to compete this Saturday at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash.
QUICK RESULTS –
Aug. 1 – Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash. – Qualifying: 3; Heat race: 2 (4); Feature: 2 (2).
SEASON STATS –
38 races, 3 wins, 18 top fives, 22 top 10s, 28 top 15s, 32 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Saturday at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash.
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.TreyStarksRacing.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Starks55Trey
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TreyStarksRacing?fref=ts
APPAREL –
Starks has t-shirts and hoodies for sale at http://www.TreyStarksRacing.com.
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Blue Dot Fabrications
Blue Dot Fabrications is owned by Trey’s uncle, Dean Starks, who fabricates various types of vehicles, including vintage cars and road race cars. Blue Dot Fabrications even built quarter midgets when Trey began racing. For more information, visit http://www.BlueDotFab.com.
“Blue Dot Fabrications is another business that has been around my family my entire life,” Starks said. “My uncle, Dean, has always been around ready to fix anything that gets dinged up at the track.”
Starks would also like to thank Southstar Equipment, Starks Timber Processing, SpeedMart, King Racing Products, Masco Petroleum, RCC Powder Coating and Emory Transmission for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Aug 02, 2015
- Article Date: 8/2/2015 by Inside Line Promotions